Minutes of the sitting of 12 January 2015
Date: 2015-01-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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12 January 2015MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 12 JANUARY 2015
(2016/C 83/01)
Contents







1.

 Resumption of the session
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2.

 Statements by the President
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3.

 Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
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4.

 Composition of Parliament
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5.

 Composition of committees and delegations
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6.

 Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)
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7.

 Petitions
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8.

 Order of business
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9.

 Tribute
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10.

 Documents received
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11.

 One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
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12.

 Agenda of the next sitting
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13.

 Closure of the sitting
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ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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Minutes of the sitting of 12 January 2015

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.    Resumption of the session
The sitting opened at 17.05.
2.    Statements by the President
The President made a statement on the terrorist attacks in Paris the previous week. He read out the names of the seventeen people who had been killed in these attacks. He strongly condemned acts such acts against our freedoms and values and sent Parliament's condolences to the victims' families.
He also paid tribute to the victims of the latest murderous attack by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Parliament observed a minute's silence.
The following spoke: Alain Lamassoure, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Helga Stevens, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michèle Rivasi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFDD Group, and Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member.
3.    Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
4.    Composition of Parliament
Following the death of Philip Bradbourn, Parliament established, under Rule 4(1), that his seat had been vacant since 21 December 2014.
The Belgian authorities had announced the election to the European Parliament of Hilde Vautmans to replace Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and of Anneleen Van Bossuyt to replace Louis Ide as Members of the European Parliament with effect from 1 January 2015 and 8 January 2015 respectively.
In accordance with Article 7(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 4(1), Parliament took note of the election of Hilde Vautmans with effect from 1 January 2015 and of Anneleen Van Bossuyt with effect from 8 January 2015.
In accordance with Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Hilde Vautmans and Anneleen Van Bossuyt would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.
5.    Composition of committees and delegations
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the ALDE and ECR Groups:






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 AFET Committee: Hilde Vautmans










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 Subcommittee on Security and Defence: Hilde Vautmans










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 Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: Hilde Vautmans










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 Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Ian Duncan to replace Andrew Lewer.




The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.
6.    Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)

The President announced that since the last part-session he and the President of the Council had together signed the following acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure:






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 Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the tariff treatment for goods originating in Ecuador (00096/2014/LEX — C8-0297/2014 — 2014/0287(COD))










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 Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova (00095/2014/LEX — C8-0296/2014 — 2014/0250(COD))




7.    Petitions
The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 215(6):
8 January 2015
(*) Name confidential. Jasper Lamboo (No 2463/2014); Greet Van de Pol (No 2464/2014); (*) (No 2465/2014); Pamela Spica (No 2466/2014); Renaud Le Mailloux (No 2467/2014); Nicola Carrano (No 2468/2014); Werner Starzmann (No 2469/2014); Flavio Miccono (No 2470/2014); Fritz Pirker (No 2471/2014); (*) (No 2472/2014); Gianluca Tramutola (No 2473/2014); Armando Cardoso Rosa (No 2474/2014); Andreas Josef Kuhn (No 2475/2014); (*) (7 signatures) (No 2476/2014); Stephen Kirkwood (No 2477/2014); Flavia Costantino (No 2478/2014); (*) (No 2479/2014); (*) (No 2480/2014); Viviane Ezagouri (No 2481/2014); (*) (No 2482/2014); Oronzo Danese (No 2483/2014); (*) (No 2484/2014); (*) (No 2485/2014); (*) (No 2486/2014); (*) (No 2487/2014); (*) (No 2488/2014); (*) (No 2489/2014); (*) (No 2490/2014); (*) (No 2491/2014); Panagiotis Apostolou (No 2492/2014); Joseph-Christos Kondylakis (No 2493/2014); Mauro Bisello (No 2494/2014); Edward Nietresta (No 2495/2014); (*) (No 2496/2014); (*) (No 2497/2014); (*) (No 2498/2014); (*) (No 2499/2014); (*) (No 2500/2014); Nuria Luna Bautista (No 2501/2014); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (No 2502/2014); Flavio Miccono (No 2503/2014); Maria Pintescu (No 2504/2014); Michail Krustev (No 2505/2014); (*) (No 2506/2014); (*) (No 2507/2014); (*) (No 2508/2014); (*) (No 2509/2014); (*) (No 2510/2014); (*) (No 2511/2014); Alessandro Rocci (No 2512/2014); (*) (No 2513/2014); (*) (No 2514/2014); (*) (No 2515/2014); Normanno Marinucci (No 2516/2014); Margherita Orecchioni (No 2517/2014); (*) (No 2518/2014); Silviu Lazăr (No 2519/2014); (*) (No 2520/2014); (*) (No 2521/2014); (*) (No 2522/2014); Aleu Borrell (No 2523/2014); Eduard Tremols (No 2524/2014); (*) (No 2525/2014); (*) (No 2526/2014); (*) (No 2527/2014); (*) (No 2528/2014); (*) (No 2529/2014); (*) (No 2530/2014); (*) (No 2531/2014); (*) (No 2532/2014); Ana Martina Varela Velo (No 2533/2014); (*) (No 2534/2014); (*) (No 2535/2014); (*) (No 2536/2014); (*) (No 2537/2014); (*) (No 2538/2014); (*) (No 2539/2014); (*) (No 2540/2014); (*) (No 2541/2014); (*) (No 2542/2014); Stéphane Peron (No 2543/2014); (*) (No 2544/2014); (*) (No 2545/2014); Héctor Rodríguez Sanclemente (No 2546/2014); (*) (No 2547/2014); (*) (No 2548/2014); (*) (No 2549/2014); (*) (No 2550/2014); (*) (No 2551/2014); (*) (No 2552/2014); Ludwig Bühlmeier (No 2553/2014); (*) (No 2554/2014); (*) (No 2555/2014); (*) (No 2556/2014); (*) (No 2557/2014); (*) (No 2558/2014); (*) (No 2559/2014); (*) (No 2560/2014); (*) (No 2561/2014); (*) (No 2562/2014); Roberto De Biase (No 2563/2014); (*) (No 2564/2014); (*) (No 2565/2014); (*) (No 2566/2014); (*) (No 2567/2014); (*) (No 2568/2014); (*) (No 2569/2014); (*) (No 2570/2014); (*) (No 2571/2014); (*) (No 2572/2014); Norbert Holefeld (No 2573/2014); (*) (No 2574/2014); (*) (No 2575/2014); (*) (No 2576/2014); (*) (No 2577/2014); (*) (No 2578/2014); (*) (No 2579/2014).
8.    Order of business
The final draft agenda for the January I 2015 sittings (PE 546.150/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday and Tuesday

No changes.

Wednesday

Request by the Verts/ALE to enter on Wednesday's agenda a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the recent attacks by Boko Haram in the north of Nigeria, with the tabling of motions for resolutions.
The following spoke: Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, giving reasons for the request, and Enrique Guerrero Salom, who supported the request and who proposed that the vote should be held during the February part-session.
Parliament approved the request.
The following spoke: Davor Ivo Stier.

Thursday

No changes.
The order of business was thus established.
9.    Tribute
On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to the memory of Philip Bradbourn and Leo Tindemans.
Parliament observed a minute's silence.
10.    Documents received
The following documents had been received:






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 from the Council and Commission







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 Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Madagascar and the European Community (15225/2014 — C8-0002/2015 — 2014/0319(NLE))
referred to responsible: PECH opinion: DEVE, BUDG










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 Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde (15848/2014 — C8-0003/2015 — 2014/0329(NLE))
referred to responsible: PECH opinion: DEVE, BUDG










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 Proposal for a Council decision authorising Member States to become party, in the interest of the European Union, to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, of the International Maritime Organisation (15528/2014 — C8-0295/2014 — 2013/0285(NLE))
referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: PECH, TRAN














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 from committees:







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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (COM(2013)0894 — C7-0487/2013 — 2013/0435(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: James Nicholson (A8-0046/2014)










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 * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codified text) (COM(2014)0534 — C8-0212/2014 — 2014/0246(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Andrzej Duda (A8-0047/2014)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the import into the Union of agricultural products originating in Turkey (codified text) (COM(2014)0586 — C8-0166/2014 — 2014/0272(COD)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Andrzej Duda (A8-0048/2014)










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 *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (10641/2012 — C8-0003/2014 — 2009/0174(NLE)) — AFET Committee — Rapporteur: Elmar Brok (A8-0049/2014)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council suspending certain concessions relating to the import into the Union of agricultural products originating in Turkey (codified text) (COM(2014)0593 — C8-0170/2014 — 2014/0275(COD)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Andrzej Duda (A8-0050/2014)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (codified text) (COM(2014)0374 — C8-0035/2014 — 2014/0190(COD)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Andrzej Duda (A8-0051/2014)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council opening and providing for the administration of certain Union tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (codified text) (COM(2014)0594 — C8-0169/2014 — 2014/0276(COD)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Andrzej Duda (A8-0052/2014)










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 *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union (07911/2014 — C8-0008/2014 — 2014/0079(NLE)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Alain Cadec (A8-0055/2014)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (COM(2014)0457 — C8-0102/2014 — 2014/0213(COD)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Gabriel Mato (A8-0057/2014)










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 Report on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman 2013 (2014/2159(INI)) — PETI Committee — Rapporteur: Jarosław Wałęsa (A8-0058/2014)










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 *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (08585/2014 — C8-0018/2014 — 2014/0115(NLE)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A8-0061/2014).








IN THE CHAIR: Ulrike LUNACEK

Vice-President

11.    One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
In accordance with Rule 163, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Claude Rolin, Csaba Molnár, Angel Dzhambazki, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Jordi Sebastià, Tim Aker, Zoltán Balczó, Marijana Petir, Jiří Pospíšil, Catherine Stihler, Alfred Sant, Joachim Starbatty, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Matt Carthy, Karima Delli, Giulia Moi, Lampros Fountoulis, Georgios Kyrtsos, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Tonino Picula, Kashetu Kyenge, Marcus Pretzell, Angelika Mlinar, Daniel Buda, Péter Niedermüller, Beatrix von Storch, Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, Hugues Bayet and Clara Eugenia Aguilera García.
12.    Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 546.150/OJMA).
13.    Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 18.30.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Martin Schulz

President







12 January 2015ATTENDANCE REGISTER
Present:
Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aker, Albiol Guzmán, Albrecht, Ali, Aliot, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Annemans, Arena, Arnott, Arthuis, Ashworth, Atkinson, Auken, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, Bach, Balczó, Balz, Batten, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Beghin, Belder, Bendtsen, Berès, Bergeron, Bettini, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Björk, Blanco López, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Borghezio, Boștinaru, Boutonnet, Boylan, Bresso, Briano, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bușoi, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Caputo, Carthy, Carver, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Ceballos, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Christensen, Christoforou, Cirio, Coburn, Coelho, Collin-Langen, Collins, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corrao, Costa, Couso Permuy, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, van Dalen, Dalton, D'Amato, Dance, Danti, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Backer, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dlabajová, Dodds Anneliese, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Duncan, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eck, Eickhout, Engel, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Eriksson, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Etheridge, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrara, Ferreira Elisa, Finch, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Ford, Forenza, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Freund, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardini, Gasbarra, Geier, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Nathan, Glezos, Goerens, Gomes, González Pons, Gosiewska, Goulard, de Graaff, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Gräßle, Griesbeck, Grossetête, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Halla-aho, Harkin, Häusling, Hautala, Hayes, Hedh, Hellvig, Herranz García, Hetman, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Hölvényi, Honeyball, Hookem, Howitt, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iturgaiz, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jadot, Jakovčić, James, Jansen, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Ježek, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Jongerius, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Kadenbach, Kalinowski, Kallas, Kappel, Karas, Kari, Karim, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Katrougkalos, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kirton-Darling, Koch, Kofod, Kölmel, Korwin-Mikke, Kósa, Köstinger, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Kudrycka, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuneva, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Kyrtsos, Kyuchyuk, Lamassoure, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Le Grip, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Lenaers, Le Pen Marine, Lewer, Liese, Lietz, Lochbihler, Loiseau, López, López Bermejo, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAllister, McClarkin, McGuinness, Mach, McIntyre, Maeijer, Maletić, Mamikins, Maňka, Mann, Manscour, Maragall, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Matias, Mato, Maura Barandiarán, Mavrides, Mayer, Meissner, Melior, Messerschmidt, Meszerics, Michels, Mihaylova, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mlinar, Moi, Moisă, Molnár, Montel, Moraes, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Morvai, Mosca, Müller, Mussolini, Nagy, Nart, Negrescu, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Niebler, Niedermayer, Niedermüller, van Nieuwenhuizen, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Novakov, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Panzeri, Papadakis Demetris, Papadimoulis, Parker, Pașcu, Patriciello, Paulsen, Pavel, Pedicini, Peterle, Petir, Picierno, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Piotrowski, Piri, Pirinski, Pitera, Pittella, Plenković, Plura, Poc, Poche, Polčák, Ponga, Pospíšil, Post, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Radoš, Rangel, Rebega, Reda, Reding, Rehn, Reimon, Reintke, Reul, Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rohde, Rolin, Rozière, Ruas, Rübig, Sakorafa, Salini, Sander, Sant, Sârbu, Saryusz-Wolski, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulz, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sebastià, Sehnalová, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Sippel, Škrlec, Smith, Sógor, Šojdrová, Šoltes, Soru, Spinelli, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stier, Stihler, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Šulin, Svoboda, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Tamburrano, Tang, Tannock, Tapardel, Tarabella, Taylor, Telička, Terricabras, Theocharous, Thomas, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tomc, Toom, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Tremosa i Balcells, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urtasun, Vajgl, Vălean, Valenciano, Valli, Vana, Vandenkendelaere, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vautmans, Verheyen, Viegas, Vilimsky, Viotti, Vistisen, Voigt, Vozemberg, Wałęsa, Ward, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, Wenta, Werner, Wieland, Wikström, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wojciechowski, Zalba Bidegain, Zanni, Zanonato, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zemke, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zorrinho, Zuber, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka
Excused:
Crowley, Girauta Vidal, Händel, Monteiro de Aguiar, Nekov, Olbrycht, Ransdorf, Regner